Food + Beverage

Apple Pie

Cloverkey Property Management shares a recipe from a favorite holiday tradition Article by Taylor Kasper This apple pie recipe has been passed down through our family for three generations, and its simplicity is what makes it timeless. It’s a favorite at every family gathering—a recipe that brings everyone to the table and makes any occasion feel cozy and inviting. Every year, we carry on a family tradition of visiting our favorite local orchard to pick the apples we’ll use for our holiday...

Food + Beverage

The Right Pour for the Season

Steve Hultgren of Parkville Wine House knows how to make the holidays feel like something worth savoring Article and Photography by Jennifer Kirby There is something about the holidays that makes us want to slow down and gather. To set a table that feels intentional, to pour something that deserves a real glass, and to linger a little longer than usual with the people we love. Steve Hultgren has been thinking about exactly that his entire life. His wine journey began not in a shop or a tasting...

Home + Design

Endless Potential

HGTV Captures New Life Brought to Parkville Home Article by Tiffany Killoren | Photography by Hannah Schreiner House Hunters . Most of us have seen at least an episode or two of this popular HGTV show that follows couples as they tour three options before making a final decision on their next home. We walk through the homes with them, assuming the role of real estate judge from our living rooms as we decide which option we would choose and imagining our renovations if given the chance and...

Life + Culture

Big Slick Changes Lives in More Ways than One

A Park Hill teacher gets the chance of a lifetime as a movie extra Article by Tiffany Killoren | Photography by Photos provided by Lesley Catlett Bucket lists are beautiful things. They can challenge us, encourage us and incite us to dream outside of our comfort zones and beyond the parameter of our day-to-day lives. Lesley Catlett’s bucket list wasn’t extreme. A first-grade teacher at Prairie Point Elementary School, her daily life is never dull with a classroom full of six-year-olds and two...

Real Estate

More Than A Shopping Center

25 years of Parkville Commons and the partnerships behind it Article by Dale Brouk | Photography by Photos courtesy of Dale Brouk Today, most people know Parkville Commons as the place to go for their everyday needs. From its flagship tenant, Price Chopper, to some of Parkville’s favorite restaurants — such as Nick and Jake’s, Acre, Sakae Sushi, Pizza Hut and Jimmy John's — Parkville Commons has it all.  “The developer had a great vision and a great plan for Parkville Commons, and we were...

Food + Beverage

A Novel Cafe

Provis Coffee hopes to be North Kansas City's new third space Article by Reilly Atkins | Photography by Hannah Schreiner Ronni Kurtz and Josh Brown had always loved visiting coffee shops together. Starting their own always felt like a pipe dream–a fun mental exercise for an uncle and nephew who, only four years apart in age, were more like brothers. At each new cafe, they would discuss the things they loved and the things they’d do differently: more comfortable chairs, great coffee, more...

Food + Beverage

Dream It, Bake It

Erin Jeanne McDowell encourages bakers to create their perfect baked good with the building blocks in her fourth cookbook Article and Photography by Katie Currid Erin Jeanne McDowell has a busy month ahead of her. Her fourth cookbook, “Bake Anything,” was just released, and she’s got a whirlwind book tour ahead of her throughout October and November, with stops all over the country. But the stop she’s probably most excited about? The one in Overbrook, Kansas.  The New York Times bestselling...

Food + Beverage

Erin Jeanne McDowell's Vanilla Pudding

Article by Katie Currid | Photography by Nico Schinco While she definitely thinks you should start with whatever recipe sticks out to you from her newest book, “Bake Anything,” Erin Jeanne McDowell also wants to nudge you towards her pudding recipe. She says pudding is underrated to Americans, relegated to the same category as shelf-stable Snack Packs instead of the delicious homemade custard that it is.  If you’ve never made pudding without the help of a powdered mix before, now is your time...

Food + Beverage

Bottled Legacy

Shatto is still doing it the old-fashioned way — and Kansas City can't get enough. Article and Photography by Jennifer Kirby Shatto Milk Company, tucked into the rolling farmland north of Kansas City, does more than just sell a product. Their business tells a story and has been doing it for over a hundred years. The land itself tells the first part of the story. Barb Shatto grew up on this farm. Her parents milked cows here. The property has been in her family for more than a century, and...

Home + Design

Above Main Street

A historic Weston apartment above Cactus Creek opens its doors Article and Photography by Jennifer Kirby There are places that hold stories in their walls. Not metaphorically, but literally in the stone and brick and wood of a building that has stood through more than a century and a half of American life.  The apartment above Cactus Creek on Main Street in Weston is one of those places. And now, for the first time, Tracy Smith is sharing it with the world. The building's story begins in the...